ZIP 26041 vs ZIP 26038

This side-by-side compares ZIP 26041 (Moundsville, WV) and ZIP 26038 (Glen Dale, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 26041 has a population of 16,183 at 102 people per square mile, while ZIP 26038 has 2,855 at 167 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 26041 reports a median household income of $54,419 against $76,875 in ZIP 26038, with per-capita income of $31,238 vs $48,584. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.9% in 26041 and 39.3% in 26038. Poverty rate reads 19.7% vs 6.2%, and unemployment 5.3% vs 1.4% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $144,700 in 26041 versus $207,500 in 26038, with median rent of $852 and $839 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.4% vs 91.4%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.